Tyrocidines are cationic cyclodecapeptides from Bacillus aneurinolyticus that are
characterized by potent antibacterial and antimalarial activities. In this study, we show that …

Infections associated to microbial biofilms are involved in 80% of human infections and
became a challenge concerning public health. Infections related to Staphylococcus …

Candida species are a major cause of human mucosal and deep tissue fungal infections,
but few antifungal treatments are available. Here, we showed that lycosin-I, a peptide …

Background There is a pressing need to identify novel antifungal drug targets to aid in the
therapy of life-threatening mycoses and overcome increasing drug resistance. Identifying …

Candida albicans is one of the most common pathogen causes fungal infections. This
opportunistic pathogen can form biofilms comprised of yeast, hyphae and pseudo hyphal …

Administering synergistic combinations of antifungals could be a route to overcome
problems with toxicity and the development of resistance. Combination of the echinocandins …

Candida albicans is the most common human fungal pathogen and has a high propensity to
develop biofilms that are resistant to traditional antifungal agents. In this study, we …

Fungal infections have dramatically increased in the last decades in parallel with an
increase of populations with impaired immunity, resulting from medical conditions such as …

Purpose. Ctn [15–34], a carboxyl-terminal fragment of crotalicidin (a cathelicidin from the
venom gland of a South American rattlesnake), has shown antifungal activity against clinical …

Novel antifungal agents are required against pathogenic fungi such as Candida albicans.
We report the anticandidal activity of battacin lipopeptide antibiotics with previously …